Let’s move through it together in a summary fashion and then we will conclude by looking at verses 1–5 in more detail.
Yahweh promises to teach his people––to guide and direct them.
Psalm 32 Commentary: Meditating on Forgiveness of Sins Open your Bible to Psalm 32.
The wicked person suffers sorrow, while the faithful experience God’s loving kindness (hesed).
6 For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you Our hands make it possible to do things, and so have become a symbol of power and authority.
“Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute (Hebrew: hasab) iniquity” (v. 2a). 2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, in
), Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000), Mounce, William D., (ed. Psalm 32:9 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 32:9, NIV: "Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you."
This week I want to look at all of Psalm 32 to see if we can understand the psalm as a whole. To have no remiyyah is to be honest and above board––dependable––reliable––truthful––a person of integrity. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. David probably wrote Psalm 32 after he had slept with Bathsheba. who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’. Psalm 32:9.
This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. whose sin is covered. When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
I will counsel you with my eye on you. To get what Psalm 32:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
Yahweh has demonstrated his hesed (loving kindness) by his faithful adherence to the covenant promises. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
they shall not reach to him. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. I said, I will confess my transgressions (Hebrew: pesa) to Yahweh, When Yahweh commissioned Moses as his spokesman to Pharaoh, he promised, “I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments” (Exodus 7:4).
Cross references home.
This is a call to everyone to pray to Yahweh while the opportunity exists. “You are my hiding place. A man could rejoice in the wife of his youth (Proverbs 5:18)––or for the prospect of salvation (Psalm 51:12). The word yasar means straight or right or upright or without guile. The psalmist contrasts the fate of the wicked with the circumstances of those who trust Yahweh.
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Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord. Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
or else they will not come near to you. Then he told God that he was sorry.
which have no understanding, 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The value of instruction depends on whether the teacher is competent and caring. but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.
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